Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-12-01

grn,l Gnnutp gegistet
By ELL D. AXE.
RONTON. MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
A WARRANT has been Issued by the
British authorities tor the arrest of John
Dillon.
A FEW disgruntled Knights of Labor
met in Chicago and organized revolt
against the present administration of that
order.
a DISPATCH of the 18th from Gambler,
o., reported that Bishop Bedell was again
improving, and his physicians now have
hopes of his recovery.
MUCH difficulty was experienced in Sc
curing jury to try Herr Most. Every
body seemed to have a decided prejudice
against him and his doctrines
A CHICAGO paper publishes an article in
which it is stated that Nina Van Zandt,
Spies proxy wife, is wasting away, food
not having passed her lips since the day
before Spies was hanged.
DENNIS MCNAMARA, a shop-keeper at
Ennis, Ireland, has been sentenced to a
weeks imprisonment for selling copies of
United ireland, VIM. O'Brien's paper, the
selling of which has been proclaimed.
AT Ravenn, O., on the 23d Judge
johnson overruled the motion for a new
trial in the case of "Blinkey" Morgan,
and sentenced the prisoner to be hanged
in the penitentiary at Columbus, March
16, 1888.
A MAMMOTH American railroad securi-
ties swindle is charged by an English
financier against German financier.
The arrest of the latter has been ordered,
and a big sensation pervades London
monetary circles.
1t is authoritatively stated that neither
Castle Garden nor Wards Island will be
closed because of Secretary Fairchild's
decision that the money for the sale OF
privileges must be accounted for to the
Treasury Department.
REPORTS are current that the German
Crown Prince has of late shown signs OF
occasional mental depression. He has
written long letters to the Prince OF
Wales, the Crown Prince of Austria and
the Grand Duke of Baden.
SUPERINTENDENT Fox of the United
States Mint, says that not only is the de-
mand being kept up for small or mino
coin, but that the banks are now wanting
gold. dollars. They are also demanding
new quarter and half-dollar pieces.
j. C. F. INsLEY, aged thirty, and his
mother. aged sixty five, blew out the gas
upon retiring at the Howard House at
Newton, Kas., on the night of the 24th
They will probably die. They were going
from Illinois to Kingman County, Kas.
THE Memphis (Tenn.) police made i'm
portant arrests on the night of the 25th
in the persons of W. J. Neff, p. T. Con
way, J. II. Johnson and John Ford, four
river pirates, who have committed many
depredations between Cairo and Memphis.
Two thousand Scotch crofters on the
Isle of Lewes, supplied with rifles, tents,
ETC., have commenced campaign to ex-
terminate the deer in the forests. They
allege that 5000 crofters are starving who
Eight to DO h~ips<|on re land now given
d to deer ~
1HE Puritan statue erected on Stearns'
Park, Springfield, Mass, in honor of
Deacon Samuel Chaplin, one of the first
settlers of Springfield, was unvailed and
presented to the city ON the oath with
simple exercises. The statue is the work
of st. Gaudens.
IT is reported that on his return to st.
Petersburg the Gear called meeting of
all his ministers, several of the grand
duke, Count Ignatieff and Baron Jomini.
The conference sat from seven in the
evening till two in the morning and then
resumed its deliberations at noon.
IT. has been discovered that the late
Charles Albert Kebler, the Cincinnati
attorney who committed suicide, was
driven to the deed by the approaching
revelation of heavy forgeries committed
by him in the management of estates and
of trust funds committed to his care.
THE Scottish Miners Federation have
resolved to work but five days week and
eight hours per day. They have also
agreed to proclaim national strike in
Scotland if Mr.. Robert Cunningham E.
Graham, M. P. who was arrested durin g
18th inst, is sent to prison.
THE New York board of county can
vassers report the official vote cast for
Secretary of State, 214,927, of which
Frederick Cook (Dem.) received Ill, 1856 !;
Frederick F. Grant (Rep.) 5S. 963; Henry
George Omitted Labor), BAT; Edward
Hall (Pro.). $3.50; Dewitt c. Huntington
(Social), 1918; scattering, SO.
The telegraph operators of Omaha pre-
sented Miss Lizzie Annandale, of Emma
Abbott Opera Company, on the evening
of the oath, during the performance of
Bohemian Girl" with a handsome dia-
mond brooch and magnificent basket of
flowers in recognition of the benefit she
gave the order during the great strike of
1883.
THE North German Gazette says: 1.-THE
resignation of NJ. Rouvier has precipita ted
the thunderstorm that has long been
brewing in the political sky of France.
Our opinion as to the precipi tous path
down which French political developm emit
is rushing finds confirmation swift and
exhaustive beyond expectation in the
course of events"
GOVERNOR BEAVER of Pennsylvania has
appointed Joshua L. Bailey, Ex-Governor
Robert Pattison David SouIl oIo,oI